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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many
responses the Government received from leaseholders in response to the Tackling unfair
practices in the leasehold market consultation.

<p>The Government's consultation 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market'
ran for eight weeks from 25 July to 19 September 2017. The consultation received 6,075
responses; 5,701 via an online survey and 374 via email and post. Of those responding
to the online survey providing background information, 5,336 respondents said they
were private individuals, of which 2,790 answered a follow up question confirming
they were a leaseholder living in a house, with 1,699 confirming they were a leaseholder
living in a flat and 431 identifying themselves as a freeholder. 332 respondents identified
themselves as replying to the consultation on behalf of an organisation.</p><p>A full
breakdown of responses by type and question can be found at Annex A of the Government
response, published on 21 December 2017 available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market</a>.</p><p>The
Government also ran a separate technical consultation, ‘Implementing reforms to the
leasehold system’ during 15 October 2018 to 26 November 2018, and is still analysing
the responses. As part of our consultation questions we did not ask the respondent
to identify whether they were a leaseholder. However, we received 1030 responses which
were completed as personal views.</p>

<p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically
disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated
with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme.
Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200
per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial
support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but
who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary
bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary
bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other
16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations
met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the
available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different
responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund
under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support
to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness
in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young
people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training.
This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities
available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment
for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry
placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the
department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact
on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p>

<p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically
disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated
with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme.
Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200
per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial
support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but
who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary
bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary
bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other
16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations
met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the
available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different
responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund
under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support
to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness
in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young
people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training.
This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities
available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment
for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry
placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the
department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact
on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p>

<p>The Home Office collects statistics on the number of fraud cases reported to Action
Fraud by each Police Force Area on a quarterly basis. These data are published as
Experimental statistics in the Office for National Statistics ‘Crime in England and
Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>The table provided goes back to the year ending
March 2015, the earliest year that fraud data was available by Police Force Area.</p><p>The
next release of the ‘Crime in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin is due to be
published on 24th January and will include fraud cases reported to Action Fraud for
the year ending September 2018.</p>

<p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot will test the effectiveness of our immigration system
at alleviating seasonal labour shortages during peak production periods, whilst looking
at the wider impacts of such a scheme.</p><p><br>The pilot will start in the spring
of this year and will run until the end of December 2020. It will be fully evaluated.</p>

<p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot will test the effectiveness of our immigration system
at alleviating seasonal labour shortages during peak production periods, whilst looking
at the wider impacts of such a scheme.</p><p><br>The pilot will start in the spring
of this year and will run until the end of December 2020. It will be fully evaluated.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will
publish the (a) number and (b) regional breakdown of farms and other organisations
that have applied to take part in the pilots for the introduction of Environmental
Land Management Schemes contracts.

<p>We received 113 proposals and ideas for tests and trials up to the 30 September
2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking 50 forward in phase one. Those selected for the
first phase of testing will help us to test critical elements and building blocks
of the new system.</p><p> </p><p>The 50 proposals we are taking forward are based
around four broad themes:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Testing how the land management plan
will work with different groups, sectors and geographies. We will explore what information,
tools and support land managers will need to develop the plan and who would be involved.</p></li><li><p>Area
based approaches looking at the way in which local priorities can be determined at
different spatial scales.</p></li><li><p>How we value and pay for natural capital
so the new schemes reward farmers and land managers for the true value of delivering
the environmental benefits.</p></li><li><p>The role of new or innovative delivery
mechanisms such as payment by results and reverse auctions.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Thirty-five
of the proposals we are taking forward in phase one have a specific regional focus
or bounded geographic interest:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The North</li><li>The Midlands</li><li>Anglia</li><li>The
South and South East</li><li>The South West</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of farmers
and land managers to be involved in each Test and Trial are extremely variable and
not known at this stage. We are working with proposers to develop their proposals
into tests or trials.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Below is a breakdown of the 35
organisations by region:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The North</strong></p><p>
</p><p>Cumbrian Catchments Pioneer (Environment Agency)</p><p>Northumberland National
Park</p><p>North Yorkshire Moors National Park</p><p>Federation of Cumbrian Commoners</p><p>23
Burns Collective (Farmer led collaboration)</p><p>Cheshire Wildlife Trust</p><p>Northern
Forests (Woodland Trusts)</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Midlands</strong></p><p> </p><p>Peak
District National Park</p><p>Forest of Bowland National Park</p><p>Staffordshire Wildlife
Trust</p><p>Cheshire Wildlife Trust</p><p>Payment by Results Trials</p><p>Wildlife
Trust/ Farmers Management Plan Collective (Worcestershire and Gloucestershire)</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Anglia</strong></p><p> </p><p>Payments by Results Trials</p><p>Essex
Water</p><p> </p><p><strong>The South and South East</strong></p><p> </p><p>South
Downs National Park</p><p>Kent Downs AONB</p><p>Cucksmere and Pevensey Levels</p><p>Kent
and Sussex Wildlife Trust</p><p>Wildlife Trust/ Farmers Management Plan Collective
(Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Isle of White)</p><p>En-Trade
(Wessex Water)</p><p> </p><p><strong>The South West</strong></p><p> </p><p>North Devon
Landscapes (Natural England)</p><p>Exmoor National Park</p><p>Dartmoor National Park</p><p>Cotswolds
AONB</p><p>Quantocks AONB</p><p>Blackdowns AONB</p><p>Cranbourne Chase AONB</p><p>Cornwall
AONB</p><p>Cornwall Local Enterprise Partnership</p><p>Gloucestershire Farming and
Wildlife Advisory Group</p><p>South Devon RSPB</p><p>Clinton Devon Estate</p><p>Somerset
Levels (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group)</p><p>Cornish Wildlife Trusts</p>

<p>There have been no unauthorised incursions by any foreign military aircraft into
sovereign air space around the UK, which projects 12 miles off shore or to mutually
agreed mid-points between adjacent nations over narrow straits such as the Straits
of Dover. The UK civil air traffic region and the NATO Air Policing Area, which the
UK has responsibility for monitoring, include large areas of international airspace
through which foreign military traffic may legally transit.</p><p>The airspace around
and approaching the UK is permanently monitored and RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert
aircraft stand ready to scramble and intercept aircraft approaching the UK if required.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether EU
law requires the export of animal-based products from the EU to be via a designated
border inspection point; and if will he make a statement.

<p>Animal-based product (POAO) being exported from the EU to a third country is not
required to exit the EU via a Border Inspection Post (BIP).</p><p> </p><p>It would
only be required to exit via a BIP if it was transiting the EU from and to a Third
Country as laid down in Council Directive 97/78/EC.</p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of
Kimble on 16 January (HL12717, HL12718 and HL12719), what category of individual will
be designated as an authorised signatory for export health certificates to enable
products of animal origin, including (1) food for human consumption, and (2) animal
by-products not intended for human consumption, to pass from the UK into the EU in
the event of a no-deal Brexit.

<p>Only Official Veterinarians can sign certificates for animal products intended
for the EU for human consumption, except in the case of fishery, shellfish and composite
products, which can be signed by a non-veterinarian (referred to as an Official Inspector
in the certificates for these products). Certificates for animal by-products (not
for human consumption) have to be signed by an Official Veterinarian.</p><p> </p><p>Official
Veterinarians authorised to sign certificates in Great Britain are trained and authorised
by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and then employed privately. In Northern
Ireland, Official Veterinarians are employed and trained by Department of Agriculture,
Environment &amp; Rural Affairs (DAERA).</p><p> </p>